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BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK: ZONE DEFENSE 1 BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK: ZONE DEFENSE By Coach Patrick Anderson WWW.BASKETBALLPRACTICEPLAN.COM BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK: ZONE DEFENSE 2 Copyright Notice The material enclosed is copyrighted. You do not have resell rights or giveaway rights to the material provided herein. Only customers that have purchased this material are authorized to view it. If you think you may have an illegally distributed copy of this material, please contact us immedi- ately. Please email [email protected] to report any illegal distribution. Copyright 2008 BasketballPracticePlan.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying or by information storage and retrieval systems. It is illegal to copy this material and publish it on another web site, news group, forum, etc. even if you include the copyright notice. 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WWW.BASKETBALLPRACTICEPLAN.COM BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK: ZONE DEFENSE 3 CONTENTS Zone Defense............................................................................................. 4 Defending Your Side of the Ball..................................................................................... 4 1-3-1 Zone Defense (Corner Trap)................................................................................. 4 The Set Up..................................................................................................................... 5 Keys to Success ............................................................................................................ 6 The Basic 1-2-2 Zone Defense...................................................................................... 6 The Set Up..................................................................................................................... 7 Basic 2-3 Zone Defense................................................................................................. 8 The Set Up..................................................................................................................... 9 Keys to the 2-3 Defense.............................................................................................. 10 The Basic 2-2-1 Zone Defense.................................................................................... 10 The Set Up................................................................................................................... 11 The Basic 2-1-2 Zone Defense (Box with a Man in the Middle).................................. 13 The Set Up................................................................................................................... 13 Recommended Resources...................................................................... 16 The Coaching Essentials:............................................................................................ 16 Coach Pat Anderson’s Online Clinics:......................................................................... 17 More Online Clinics from America’s Top Coaches:..................................................... 18 Masters Level Coaching:............................................................................................. 19 Basketball Training Aids for Players:........................................................................... 20 WWW.BASKETBALLPRACTICEPLAN.COM BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK: ZONE DEFENSE 4 • The purpose of a zone defense (in most cases) is to keep the offense on the out- Zone Defense side to take longer and lower percentage shots. The tougher it is to penetrate the Defending Your Side of the Ball interior of your defense, the greater suc- cess you will have. Aside from a standard man-to-man defense, many teams run zone defenses. The difference • Constant communication is important between the two (and it should be emphasized so your players do not get caught sleep- to players) is one guards a man, the other ing. They need to call out screens and guards an area of the court. Too often inexperi- players cutting through the zone so eve- enced players don’t understand they are pro- ryone on the offense can be accounted tecting an area rather than the man, and get for. burned by the opposing offense. • Do not play the man unless they are in In this section, we are going to go over several your respective zone. This can unnec- different zones defenses and some of the trap- essarily stretch the zone and create ping plays that go along with them. We’ll take a passing and driving lanes for the opposi- look at: tion. Stay disciplined. • The 1-3-1 Zone with a corner trap • The 1-2-2 Basic zone defense 1-3-1 Zone Defense (Corner Trap) • The 2-3 Zone defense with corner trap • The 2-2-1 Zone defense with post trap This zone defense is a slight variation from the • The 2-1-2 Zone (box with man in middle standard 1 – 3 – 1 defense, in that I have in- cluded a trap in the corner. The idea behind Each of these defenses is still in use today, this defense is to clog up the middle, and keep most with minor modifications, but many in their the offense on the perimeter. Part of the beauty pure form. They are effective when executed behind this defense is that you should be able properly, and can cause your opponents a great to spring the trap on your opponent by surprise. deal of trouble on the offensive side of the ball. Another benefit of using this defense is that you Finally, with any zone defense there are keys to can switch back on forth between a trapping being successful. Here are some of the things and non-trapping style, when it suits your you need to emphasize to your players when needs. You can simply back off the trap, and go playing a zone defense: to a collapsing, help-style of zone defense. • Keep your hands up and moving at all This defense has been around since the begin- times. If your players have their hands to ning of time. It utilizes a quick middle section their sides the passing and cutting lanes (3) with a big person down near the basket. seem much wider and available to the other team. By simply having a hand or The 1 Man (Top) an arm in one of these lanes you can force the pass elsewhere. The job of this player (usually your point guard or shooting guard) is to put pressure on the op- posing player who is bringing the ball up the WWW.BASKETBALLPRACTICEPLAN.COM BASKETBALL PLAYBOOK: ZONE DEFENSE 5 court. The pressure should force the ball carrier a relatively benign position on the court, to then to pass to the side. This is the first thing you cover the baseline. want the 1 man to do. 4 man They should also follow the ball around the pe- rimeter, to the foul line extended. By this time, As you will see in the diagrams below, the 4 the opposition guard should have passed the man patrols the baseline and the paint right ball. Once the ball has been passed, the other near the basket. This player is your last line of players will go into action, and the role of the 1 defense, and they should be a good shot man is changed from pursuit to lane coverage blocker and shut down defender if the opposi- (as you will see in the diagrams on the following tion finds any room in the paint. page). The Set Up 2 and 3 man Suffice to say, the players are set in a 1, then 3, These defenders will help to force the ball car- then 1 format. The top player will be the 1 man. rier (after the ball has been passed) into the Across the foul line extended will be the 2 man corner where the trap will be sprung. They (left), 5 man (center) and the 3 man